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Carcassonne
Carcassona | |
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Prefecture and commune | |
 Panorama of the Cité de Carcassonne | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Carcassonne  | |
  Carcassonne  Carcassonne | |
| Coordinates: 43°13′N 2°21′E / 43.21°N 2.35°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Aude |
| Arrondissement | Carcassonne |
| Canton | Carcassonne-1, 2 and 3 |
| Intercommunality | Carcassonne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Gérard Larrat[1] |
| Area 1 | 65.08 km2 (25.13 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | 45,941 |
| • Density | 710/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 11069 /11000 |
| Elevation | 81–250 m (266–820 ft) (avg. 111 m or 364 ft) |
| Website | www.carcassonne.org |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Carcassonne (Occitan: Carcassona) is a fortified French town, in the Aude département, Occitanie region. It is separated into the fortified Cité de Carcassonne and the more expansive lower city, the ville basse.
This bastide, which was thoroughly restored from 1853 by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1997.
- ↑ "Le Conseil Municipale". Ville de Carcassonne. Retrieved 22 March 2017.